Baki

Name: Baki: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

loc · Azerbaijani · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Baki is a name, most frequently recorded in Azerbaijan. It appears chiefly in Azerbaijani and Hindi, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From baki, Cebuano equivalent of frog, an alteration of Frank.

rarermore common

ALAlbania1 in 5.2K◐
SISlovenia1 in 100K
NLNetherlands1 in 159K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈816 ●
Sources: 117 ●
: 1 in 5.2K ◐

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Bâki in TR Türkiye.

Meaning & origin●

From baki, Cebuano equivalent of frog, an alteration of Frank.

Sources 4

TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Wiktionary
Családnevek enciklopédiája
Nordic Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Baki is recorded, by country
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
AZ Azerbaijan	810,141	31 rec.	—	—	Baki	7
AL Albania	586	—	1 in 5.2K	586	—	—
NL Netherlands	109	386 rec.	1 in 159K	109	—	18
SE Sweden	61	310 rec.	1 in 167K	61	—	12
TR Türkiye	23	197K rec.	—	—	Bâki	73
SI Slovenia	21△	5 rec.	1 in 100K	21	—	2
DK Denmark	18	—	1 in 326K	53	—	—
PL Poland	10	13 rec.	1 in 3.8M	13	—	1
FI Finland	8	11 rec.	1 in 696K	43	—	3
CZ Czechia	2	—	1 in 5.4M	2	—	—
MD Moldova	1	0 rec.	1 in 3.4M	1	—	1
IN India	—	372 rec.	—	1.6K	—	21
XK Kosovo	—	2 rec.	—	1.1K	—	2
US United States	—	3.1K rec.	—	444	—	117
CH Switzerland	—	114 rec.	—	160	—	9
BR Brazil	—	—	—	78	—	—
ES Spain	—	54 rec.	—	67	—	19
NO Norway	—	22 rec.	—	58	—	4
BE Belgium	—	358 rec.	—	54	—	10
FR France	—	1 rec.	—	26	—	1
HR Croatia	—	—	—	19	—	—
AT Austria	—	341 rec.	—	14	—	23
PG Papua New Guinea	—	1 rec.	—	6	—	2
DE Germany	—	4.1K rec.	—	1	—	68
DZ Algeria	—	372 rec.	—	listed	—	20
ID Indonesia	—	0 rec.	—	listed	—	1
PK Pakistan	—	4 rec.	—	listed	—	5
NG Nigeria	—	632 rec.	—	listed	—	22

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Azerbaijani810K82%
Hindi2.9K1%
Malay1.1K1%
Indonesian361%
Polish301%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Azerbaijani	810,141	82%
Hindi	2,877	1%
Malay	1,143	1%
Indonesian	36	1%
Polish	30	1%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Baki is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Hindi name12K records spelled Baki3 spellings in the group
Most recorded in India
Also written Báki
a separate name4.0K records spelled Baki8 spellings in the group
Also written Bakî, Bâki, Bãkï, Bàkî, Bäkï
a separate name3.4K records spelled Baki5 spellings in the group
Also written Bâḳi, Baḳi, Bākī, Bâki
Macedonian given name1.6K records spelled Baki15 spellings in the group
Most recorded in North Macedonia, Türkiye, Bulgaria, Poland
Languages: Macedonian, Bulgarian, Polish
Also written Баки, Báki, Bàki
Hindi surname1.6K records spelled Baki13 spellings in the group
Most recorded in India, Nigeria
Languages: Hindi, Telugu
Also written Baaki, Bak, Bek, Beck, Baik
Bangla surname1.5K records spelled Baki9 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Bangladesh, India
Also written বাকী, বাকি, Bucky, বাঁকি, Bākī

51 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Baki is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In xgn-pro, tongs
as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)
In byq, grandfather
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Cebuano, a frog; a small tailless amphibian of the order Anura that typically hops
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, A barangay of Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Polish, nominative/accusative/vocative plural of bak
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, eternal, everlasting, permanent, immortal
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

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Baki in ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search), Kosovo, 1887–2025
Year	records
1887	1
1900	1
1902	1
1904	1
1905	2
1906	1
1908	1
1910	2
1913	1
1914	1
1915	1
1916	4
1917	2
1918	1
1923	4
1926	1
1927	2
1928	7
1929	4
1930	4
1931	7
1932	2
1933	5
1934	3
1935	1
1936	8
1937	7
1938	8
1939	3
1940	9
1941	3
1942	9
1943	8
1944	6
1945	8
1946	3
1947	8
1948	7
1949	8
1950	6
1951	6
1952	16
1953	10
1954	9
1955	9
1956	12
1957	7
1958	10
1959	10
1960	11
1961	22
1962	23
1963	12
1964	18
1965	21
1966	21
1967	25
1968	23
1969	20
1970	39
1971	25
1972	25
1973	33
1974	37
1975	36
1976	29
1977	26
1978	45
1979	28
1980	38
1981	26
1982	35
1983	18
1984	19
1985	17
1986	15
1987	6
1988	22
1989	10
1990	8
1991	9
1992	6
1993	3
1994	7
1995	6
1996	4
1997	2
1998	5
1999	5
2000	2
2001	4
2002	2
2003	4
2004	3
2005	3
2006	7
2007	2
2008	1
2009	4
2010	5
2011	1
2012	3
2013	3
2015	5
2016	3
2017	2
2020	2
2021	1
2022	1
2023	1
2024	1
2025	1

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search) — 112 years between 1887–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Baqi Muhammadb. 1579UZnot in their usual nameLeader of the Khanate of Bukhara from 1599 to 1605
Baki Tamerb. 1924TRTurkish actor (1924–2004)
Baki İlkinb. 1943TRTurkish diplomat (1943–2018)
Ivonne Bakib. 1951ECEcuadorian politician and diplomat
Baki Sarısakalb. 1954TRTurkish historian (born 1954)
Baki Davrakb. 1971DETurkish-German actor (born 1971)
Baki Mercimekb. 1982TRTurkish association football player (born 1982)
Naomi Bakib. 1985SSFrench and South Sudanese author and advocate for South Sudan
Ákos Bakib. 1994HUHungarian footballer
Boqixon Toʻranot in their usual nameUzbek poet and medic

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 48 sources across 26 countries.

Official registers attesting Baki
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
IN India	Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls	—	1.6K	#3,712
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	1.6K	#2,432
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	1.1K	#667
AL Albania	INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)	—	586	#827
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	444	#50,816
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	321	#62,359
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	258	#70,679
CH Switzerland	BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)	2024	160	#7,546
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	109	#4,186
BR Brazil	IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)	—	78	#76,222
ES Spain	INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	67	#36,522
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	67	#36,240
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	61	#11,896
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	58	#23,535
BE Belgium	Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)	2008	54	#24,682
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	53	#10,123
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	51	#12,340
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	50	#11,853
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1978	45	—
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	43	#9,451
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)	—	41	#13,268
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	40	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1970	39	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1980	38	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1974	37	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1975	36	—
NL Netherlands	CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)	2007	35	#37,829
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1982	35	—
FR France	INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)	1991	26	—
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	23	#45,853
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	21	#1,776
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	21	#3,563
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	20	#25,870
HR Croatia	DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)	2021	19	#23,495
HR Croatia	DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)	2021	19	—
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	18	#4,739
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2019	14	#1,720
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	13	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	13	#113,869
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	10	#10,377
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	9	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	9	#139,484
FI Finland	DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)	—	8	—
US United States	SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)	2025	7	—
PG Papua New Guinea	PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022)	—	6	#30
PG Papua New Guinea	PNG Election Results Database — candidate names (1972–2022)	—	4	#94
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	2	#45,025
CZ Czechia	KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)	—	2	#24,868
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	2025	1	—
MD Moldova	e-services.md — living population register	—	1	#7,833
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2019	1	#1,951
IN India	naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)	2015	1	—
IN India	naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls)	2010	1	—
DE Germany	Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene	2009	1	—
ID Indonesia	KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub)	—	—	—
DZ Algeria	Algerian names (Kaggle, MIT)	—	—	—
NG Nigeria	naija-faker — Nigerian Given Names by Ethnicity (Hausa/Igbo/Yoruba)	—	—	—
NG Nigeria	Nigerian names by ethnicity (naijafaker, MIT)	—	—	—
PK Pakistan	Muslim given names (CC0)	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

Reference works 4

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Baki?: We estimate roughly 816 people bear Baki (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.
In which country does Baki have the most bearers?: Baki is most frequently recorded in Azerbaijan, where it is most often spelled baki.
Where is Baki most common?: Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Baki is densest in Albania — about 1 in 5.2 thousand people — even though Azerbaijan holds more of our records for it.
What does the name Baki mean?: Recorded meaning: From baki, Cebuano equivalent of frog, an alteration of Frank.

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

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